8 reasons why 2020 is a huge year for LGBTI rights
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2019 was eventful – at times hugely challenging.
There were incredible steps forward for LGBTI rights around the world. Austria, Taiwan, Ecuador and Northern Ireland all legalised same-sex marriage.
2020 will likely be equally busy. Here are eight legal cases coming up that we’ll be keeping a close eye on.
United States
The US Supreme Court is set to decide whether LGBTI people are protected from discrimination at work by the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Access to bathrooms for transgender students will be back in the news.
HIV-positive military personnel, who were dismissed or banned from service, will have their case against the Pentagon heard.
Botswana
The government is appealing last year’s High Court ruling that decriminalised gay sex. A decision is expected later this year.
Previously, same-sex relationships could be punished with up to seven years in prison.
Singapore
At least three men have launched legal bids to decriminalise colonial-era bans on gay sex on the grounds either tha...
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